The Element of Lavishness: Letters of William Maxwell and Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1938-1978

Maxwell, William,Steinman, Michael,Warner, Sylvia Townsend

ISBN 10: 1582431183 / ISBN 13: 9781582431185

Published by Counterpoint, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Element of Lavishness: Letters of William Maxwell and Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1938-1978
• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582431183
• ISBN 13: 9781582431185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In July 1938, William Maxwell, then twenty-nine years old and the acting poetry editor of The New Yorker, wrote to Sylvia Townsend Warner inviting her to send him verse. Miss Warner, forty-four and famous for her novel Lolly Willowes, had recently begun writing stories for the magazine, antic, inimitable sketches of English life that Maxwell adored. The poems were sent, and a remarkable friendship was begun.

About the Author

Michael Steinman is the editor The Happiness of Getting it Down Right: Letters of William Maxwell and Frank O'Connor. He lives in Melville, New York.